"So what is so strange about saying I want Barack Obama to fail if his mission is to reconstruct and reform this nation so that capitalism and individual liberty are not its foundation? I want the country to survive. I want the country to succeed"
- Rush Limbaugh
About this Quote
In this quote, Rush Limbaugh is revealing his viewpoint that he does not want Barack Obama to be successful in his mission to rebuild and reform the nation. Limbaugh believes that if Obama is successful, it will suggest that industrialism and specific liberty will no longer be the foundation of the nation. He desires the nation to endure and be successful, but not at the expense of capitalism and individual liberty. Limbaugh's viewpoint is that Obama's mission is incompatible with the values of capitalism and individual liberty, and for that reason he does not want Obama to prosper.
"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong"